the betting is that president obama won't gate assault weapons ban but that this could be the democrats' ticket to winning back the house in 2014. not that this is a calculated way to win, but when you hear kay lynn jones talk about her friend mowed down in front of them, we hear the hearings in connecticut, if a deal is not reached, some kind of reasonable, common sense deal, might we see a change in the house? is that the only way to take care of some of the business at hand, important, urgent business? >> that can certainly happen. it does seem like the white house is not only looking at 2014, but 2016. around this issue. and engaging that obama coalition. for so long, the passion and enthusiasm had been on the gun lobby side and now you see on the gun control side. i think there had, i think, in some ways been a bit of an apprehension and linking sandy hook to the things going on in chicago for many, many years. over the last three years. 270 school-aged children in chicago have been gunned down. >> yeah. >> that's many, many, many sandy hooks and so i think this incident tragic as